Age: 80
female
Bette Midler (/bɛt ˈmɪdlər/ bet MID-lər; born December 1, 1945) is an American actress, comedian, singer, and author. Throughout her five-decade career, Midler has received numerous accolades, including four Golden Globe Awards, three Grammy Awards, three Primetime Emmy Awards, two Tony Awards, and a Kennedy Center Honor, in addition to nominations for two Academy Awards and a British Academy Film Award. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii, Midler began her professional career in several off-off-Broadway plays before her engagements in Fiddler on the Roof and Salvation on Broadway in the late 1960s. She came to prominence in 1970 when she began singing at the Continental Baths. In this local gay bathhouse, she managed to build up a core following. Since 1970, Midler has released 14 studio albums as a solo artist, selling over 30 million records worldwide, and has received four Gold, three Platinum, and three Multi-Platinum albums from the RIAA. Many of her songs became chart hits, including her renditions of "The Rose", "Wind Beneath My Wings", "Do You Want to Dance", "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", and "From a Distance". She won Grammy Awards for Best New Artist, Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for "The Rose", and Record of the Year for "Wind Beneath My Wings". Midler made her starring film debut with the musical drama The Rose (1979), which won her the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Comedy or Musical, as well as nominations for the Academy Award for Best Actress, the BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Leading Role, the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actress, and the National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actress. She went on to star in numerous films, including Down and Out in Beverly Hills (1986), Ruthless People (1986), Outrageous Fortune (1987), Big Business (1988), Beaches (1988), Stella (1990), Hocus Pocus (1993) and its sequel (2022), The First Wives Club (1996), The Stepford Wives (2004), Parental Guidance (2012), and The Addams Family (2019) and its sequel (2021). Midler also had starring roles in For the Boys (1991) and Gypsy (1993), winning two additional Golden Globe Awards for these films and receiving a second Academy Award nomination for the former. Midler held a residency at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas with the show Bette Midler: The Showgirl Must Go On from 2008 to 2010. She starred in the Broadway revival of Hello, Dolly!, which began previews in March 2017 and premiered at the Shubert Theatre in April 2017. The show was her first leading role in a Broadway musical. Midler received the Tony Award for Best Actress in a Musical for her performance. Description above from the Wikipedia article Bette Midler, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
On dark desert highway, I saw light. I had to stop for the night. There she stood in the doorway She were beautiful. She showed me the way. I did Check-in. There were voices I heard them say Welcome to the Hotel California Such a lovely place Such a lovely face. Plenty of room. Any time of year You can find it here. The girl was still with me. She is Alicia. Her mind is Tiffany-twisted but a bit, not as mind of main manager. She got Mercedes, a lot of boys, She calls friends. We became friends and danced in courtyard. Some dance to remember and to forget. We drunk wine from Captain. Voices Waked me up at12am said: Welcome to the Hotel California...Bring your alibis. People doing things and then regret, there you have a lot of time to think about them. Alicia said, We are all prisoners here. Our decisions took us on this place. Managers tried, but just can't kill the beast. I was Running for the door to leave. Relax, said the night man, You can check-out any time, But you can never leave! There were guests for years or decades. I founded her and she known it all, told me there is no way to leave and you have to learn to live here forever. I tried. We lived together, were best friends, I wanted more for her, real life. I understood I love her. I told her the truth and kissed her. All changed, Hotel California, such a lovely place, no more prison, but palace, guests were free. All was about curse and just kiss from true clear unselfish love could change it.
